LOGAN, Utah – A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a Utah college student who was killed when he hit a rope tied between two trees known as a “slack line” while riding his bike.
The lawsuit names the Utah State University president, the campus police chief and the three students who set up the slack line in August 2013 to practice their balance.
Eric Scott Anderson, 24, slammed into the chest-high line on the Logan campus, authorities said. He died a few hours later at the hospital.
Anderson’s family now seeks more than $2 million in damages, according the lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The family contends the three students should have taken down the line when they finished, and that the university is responsible for keeping the campus safe. The university did not put up any barriers to protect cyclists or pedestrians from slack lines, nor did it issue any warnings, the lawsuit states.